St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-05
Mr.. and Mrs. Cleveland Left
st. Louis for Chicago
Last Night
Amid the Kindly Farewells Of
a Great Crowd Of Well
Wishers.
The Pageant Of the Yelled
Prophets the Most Cor
geous on Record.
The President and His Wife
Highly Delighted With
Their Reception.

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 4.-There was fair
weather, light northerly winds, veering
to eaSterly, and cool stationary temper
ature. cleveland weather. in short.
Professions with brass bands and glee
clubs were still passing the presidents
window at midnight last night, and
professions were moving aimleSsly up
and down before the hotel before break
fast this morning. The President and
Mrs. Cleveland, despite the continuous
round of star spangled hospitality
which they have experienced, are in
excellent health and spirits. Towns
and cities along the line of travel at
which it is proposed to make stops,
have sent kilograms to Col. Lamont
asking that more time be given, and
places not on the list are urging that
visits be paid them. In every case so
far reply has been sent to the effect
that it will be impossible to make any
change in the programme. AT 9 O'Clock
the president was met at the hotel by a
committee and escorted to the court
house under the protection of a troop of
two hours was the reception of the
of st. Louis, and such other citizens as
could find opportunity to make their
way to him; in other words. it was
strictly public reception. The ro-
tunda of the court house was hand
Somely decorated with evergreens and
bunting, and on the step of richly cur
tanned pagoda the president took the
hand of each man as he passed. About
500 travelling men had returned to the
city for the occasion, and passed by in
single file. Following them was the
crowd, and the handShaking continued
until 10:30. The shakers had all sorts
of grips, and it was often necessary for
the president to twist his hand from the
hearty grasp. One old lady became so
enthuSed that she attempted to kiss the
president, but he declined, and she was
moved down the line bewildered. The
reception over, the president hurried to
his carriage through side entrance and
was driven to the excursion boat, the
City of Baton Rouge, lying at the foot
of Chestnut street. At the same time
Mrs. Cleveland left the Lindell hotel.
and was aboard the boat few minutes
later than the president, and the vessel
steamed down the river for trip to
Jefferson barracks. The saloon of the
vessel was handsomely adorned with
flowers. The United States arsenal
band was in attendance. There were
between 800 and 400 invited guests on
board, including members of the Iro-
quois club, of Chicago, and number of
PROMINENT GRAND ARMY MEN.
The trip was gotten up as relief for
the president and Mrs. Cleveland from
the almost constant round of receptions
and other more or less exciting festivi-
ties on shore, aud in this regard was a
decided success. Mississippi river
scenery, though not inspiring as scenery.
has an absorbing interest of its own for
strangers, and can nowhere be seen so
well as from the deck of steamer. The
boat ran down stream about eight miles,
turned and reached the landing again at
1890. Accompanying excursion boats
fired artillery SaluteS while tugs, steam
ers and locomotives on both shores did
their best with steam whistles to make
the trip interesting. And they sue
ceeded. At the turning point stand i'm
mense rolling mill establishments which
also form the focus of a series of railway
tracks. Moreover, there were at this
time several steam vessels at the wharf.
As the presidents boat approached an
idle locomotive gave peculiar whistle
in Imitation of the growing of cock.
a tug on the water responded, and a
locomotive on the east bank caught the
VI lNOOl UIlItIS uD anu UOWn
stream echoed it. Then the steamers at
the landing, and finally the dozen or
more whistles of the mills opened their
throatS and
COCK-A-DOODLE-DOO'
hoarse, shrill, ,raspy in every tone of the
gamut came from the four quarters of
the compass. 1t was entertaining, but
a few minutes of this concert was
enough, The afternoon was unevent-
full. The presidential party We're es-
cOrted in carriages. from the boat to the
fair grounds, where they became the
guests of the fair association and
lunched with party of thirty or forty
ladies and gentlemen in the club house
Lunch over, they proceeded to the
grand stand and witnessed some trot-
ting races. They returned to the hotel
for dinner. The Lindell was reached
at half past six. Great masses of peo-
pie were gathered in the vicinity of the
hotel, and the reception given the
president and Mrs. Cleveland was en-
thusiastic. At half past eight O'Clock,
after having dined and rested, the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Cleveland and their tray-
cling companions, attended by recep-
ton committee of Yelled Prophets. and
their ladies, took seats on the Washing
ton avenue balcony of the Lindell for
the purpose of viewing perhaps the
most magnificent of all the grand spec
tacles with which this city has honored
them. 1t was nearly 9o'clock when the
last of the gorgeous pageant had gone
by-and it was beautiful sight
THE FLOATS
typifying notable events of the worlds
history as recorded in the Old Testament
from the creation down to the advent
Of Christ. The following were the sub
JectS represented:
First came the veiled prophet with his at
tendant high priests, followed by floats rep
resenting Michael and Lucifer; the expul-
sion from Paradise; Cain and Abel; Abra-
ham and Isaac; Joseph sold into Egypt: Jo-
seph distributing corn to his brethren; Moses
in Ehe bulrushes: Moses ON Mount Sinai; the
golden calf; the betrayal of Samson; David
and Goliath; prosperity of the godly: the
queen of Sheba and King Solomon; Eiijah's S
translation into heaven; Jonah and the
whale; Jonah calling Nineveh to repent
ance; death of Josiah capture of Tyre; Ju-
Daniel in the lions den,
THE PAGEANT
was genuine surprise to all who have
viewed past productions of the prophets.
Though the subjects treated formerly
were finely illustrated, still, it was be-
lieved by many, that the subject chosen
for this year would scarcely be properly
presented without either weakness or
trenching upon profanity. The result,
however, i'll its success, exceeded the
most sanguine expectations, and
created unbounded enthusiasm.
The magniicence of Oriental